Car-fender.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1903.

W. E. ZACHRY.

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 27, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

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NliTlEli) Srnrns PATENT FFlClEQ WILLIAM EVE ZACHRY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND /VALTEB; E. COONEY, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

CAR FENDER.

EL ECIFIGATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 726,390, dated April28, 1903.

Application filed October 27, 1902. Serial No. 128,865. (No model.)

To [all whont it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM EVE ZACHRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Fenders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to car-fenders of the class where there is aforward guard and a rear catching appliance, the object being to providea device of this character of simple and inexpensive construction whichwill serve as an effective guard against accident.

The invention comprises a fender consisting of two cooperating members,one being permanently attached below the car and the other detachablysupported in front of the car-platform and so connected to the rearmember as to cause the latter to be thrown downward in contact with theground when the front member strikes an obstruction.

The construction of the improved fender will be fullydescribedhereinafterin connection with the accompanying drawings, which form partof this specification, and its novel features will be particularlypointed out in the appended claim. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one end of a carwith'my improved fender applied thereto, the normal position of thefender being shown in full. lines and its position when an obstructionis met being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of theimproved fenderin its normal position.

Corresponding parts in both figures are de noted by the same referencecharacters.

The reference-numeral 1- designates the front platform of the car.

said brackets being formed with bearings for a shaft 3.

4E designates the rear member of the fender, comprising a frame, theforward portion 5 of which is projected forward and is netted with wireorother suitable yieldingmaterial. At each side of the frame 4, near theupper end thereof, is a lug 6, said lugs projecting forward and formedwith openings through which the shaft 3 extends. The frame 4: is

Beneath each side of the floor of the car depends a bracket 2,"

also provided at one side, adjacent to the lug at that side, witharatchet-whe'el 7, adapted to be engaged by a spring-pawl 8, dependingfrom the under surface of the car-floor. The upper portion of the frame4 is connected at each side to the car-body by helical springs 9, whichurge the fender-frame 1 in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1.Attached to each side of and projecting forwardly of the rear fender 4:is an arm 10, loosely connected at its front end to a rearwardly-extending rod 11 bya shackle 12,depending from the end'of the arm 10. Ashoulder 13 on the rod 11 engages the forward face of the shackle 12. Atthe forward end of each of the arms 10 is a loop or eye 14, which ispivoted to lugs 15, extending from and near the lower ends of the sidebars of the front member 16 of the NVhen the front member 16 contacts anobstruction-as,' for example, a human bodythe said member is forcedrearwardly, and by means of the rods 11 and 10 the rear member 4713throwndown to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. land will beretained in such position'by the spring-pawl 8, thuseffectnallypreventing the body or other obstruction from passing underthe car-wheels. When the pawl is released from the teeth of theratchet-wheel 3, the front and rear mem- 9o bers will be returned totheir ordinary posi* tions by means of the springs 9.

It will be apparent that the front member 16 may be readily removed fromthe supporting-hooks 17 and either disconnected at the point 15 from therods 11 or these rods themselves may be withdrawn from the shackles 12and the guard member 16 thus permitted to be transferred to connectionwith a corresponding rear member 4 at the opposite end to:

of the car when the latter returns upon a line with the reverse endforemost or when it is out of commission.

I would have it understood that the inven- 5 tion is not restricted toall of the details shown no claim and desire to secure by Letters PatentA car-fender composed, essentially, of the following instrumentalitiesin combination, Viz: a front member constituting a guard con- I5 sistingof a netted frame having its side bars suspended and detachable from thefront of the car-platform, rods pivoted near the lower i ends of saidside bars and extending rearwardly, a rear member constituting acatching appliance made up of a netted frame having downwardly andforwardly curved side arms, and forwardly-projecting rods looselyshackled to the rearwardly-extending rods of the front member, a springacting upon the rear member and operating to keep it in its normalposition clear of the ground, and to also maintain the front guard inits normal relation to the car, a ratchet carried by the rear member,and a spring-pawl normally out of operative engagement therewith, allsubstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of thesubscribing witnesses.

WM. EVE ZAOHRY. Witnesses:

CHAS. H. DAVIDS, J. O. BYBAs.

